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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the young wife of the man killed in the crash with Ballard exits her car, what does she do?
(a) Urinates.
(b) Vomits.
(c) Screams.
(d) Laughs.

2. "Crash" is set in what city?
(a) Toronto.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

3. Who does Ballard first take in a rental car to the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) Helen.
(b) No one.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Renata.

4. As Ballard waits for someone to reassure him after the crash, what does he imagine firemen doing with carbon dioxide sprays?
(a) Tracing obscene or humorous slogans.
(b) Enacting a grotesque simulation of violence.
(c) Spraying the spectators to punish them.
(d) Coiling dead bodies on the ground.

5. According to Ballard, Catherine's driving becomes what after his release from the hospital?
(a) Slow.
(b) Fast.
(c) Worse.
(d) Better.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Ballard is taken to the hospital after his crash, he recalls that "Vaughan collected the _____of ________nurses in his photographic albums."

2. According to Ballard, as he recuperates in the hospital, what does he state as the "only real experience" he had been through in years?

3. Who is Francis Waring, according to Ballard?

4. What does Helen do when Ballard first addresses her in the hospital?

5. What kind of car does Catherine drive?

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